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Offline Rude

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« Reply #30 on: July 23, 2003, 10:32:39 AM »
agreed
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Offline icemaw

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« Reply #31 on: July 23, 2003, 10:36:54 AM »
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I think Wild Bill/iEN have a thundering cheek, given how WB3 was a blatant rip-off of AH. As soon as I saw WB3, the interface reminded me of what AH had been in 1999. Even the message text buffer had been modified to be like that of AH. The inclusion of vehicles was copied from AH. Even the flat rate pricing policy was introduced to copy AH.


 Thats because HT and pyro worked on WB before leaving to create AH.
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« Reply #32 on: July 23, 2003, 12:28:33 PM »
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I personally think they faked the moon landing............


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  The lunar landing pictures were cooked up by Martha Stewart. What a total babe!!
TW9 I know your out there somewhere. :D
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« Reply #33 on: October 19, 2003, 12:17:18 PM »
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Regardless of the flames, this is a pretty tight knit community, and Dale and Company is the leader of the community. HTC's customer support makes every player feel like they are almost part of the company. Therefore, we do express genuine concern, as what affects Dale and HTC affects the community, and by proxy, us.


Well, it used to, before we as paying customers were labeled dolts and idiots by the "leader" -- anyhow-- what ended up happening with the lawsuit(s)?

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« Reply #34 on: October 19, 2003, 12:21:53 PM »
Oh, grow up.  

The people who were called dolts deserved it.  They should have known better, because they were complaining about exactly the things HTC said not to.

If you're too dumb to understand what a pre-release beta test is, then you only have yourself to blame.  Don't you think you could be more original then to resurrect a dead thread?
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« Reply #35 on: October 19, 2003, 12:36:38 PM »
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Well, it used to, before we as paying customers were labeled dolts and idiots by the "leader" -- anyhow-- what ended up happening with the lawsuit(s)?

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Most of us thought the statement was funny as hell.  Those that cried and took it personally, SHOULD have taken it personally.
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« Reply #36 on: October 19, 2003, 12:40:30 PM »
and what the hell is a thundering cheek?

Jeeze the brits are cooked sizzly on the rack....
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« Reply #37 on: October 19, 2003, 12:55:08 PM »
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Most of us thought the statement was funny as hell.  Those that cried and took it personally, SHOULD have taken it personally.


Where you found humor is irrelevant. Skuzzy bans people from the boards for personal attacks. Thanks for playing.

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« Reply #38 on: October 19, 2003, 01:03:20 PM »
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Oh, grow up.  

The people who were called dolts deserved it.  They should have known better, because they were complaining about exactly the things HTC said not to.

If you're too dumb to understand what a pre-release beta test is, then you only have yourself to blame.  Don't you think you could be more original then to resurrect a dead thread?


Whether they "deserved" it or not is irrelevant. I'd wager less than one percent of the players here have participated in a formal software beta and had no idea what the devs wanted or what beta even means--  they just saw all the glaring (pre-release) problems and reported them with various level of emotion.

As to the old thread, I searched the BB and found no indication that the issue (lawsuit) had been resolved and was curious -- I then found muck's quote about HTC's vaunted customer service, noticed the July date and wondered at the change in attitude between then and now.


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« Reply #39 on: October 19, 2003, 01:58:11 PM »
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Where you found humor is irrelevant. Skuzzy bans people from the boards for personal attacks. Thanks for playing.

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I think he'd probably rather not ban HT.

However, obviously you took offense at the "dolt" comment.  I can see why.
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« Reply #40 on: October 19, 2003, 02:38:47 PM »
Few people ever hit the nail right on the head.

Martlet, you have done a fine job doing so!!!

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« Reply #41 on: October 19, 2003, 06:48:05 PM »
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I think he'd probably rather not ban HT.


My point. Apparently I was being too subtle for your intellect-- I'll make it simple so even you can follow along--Here's a question: "Why would a CEO of a software company call all of his customer dolts and idiots for not properly following directions during testing he was getting from these paying customers FOR FREE?"

I like this company--and the game--but this last year has been very disappointing from a customer service standpoint given the fine start HTC made. From lack of information on new revisions to the lack of current version bug fixes, HTC has been living off of good will.

Now that a new release has hit, one can just observe the pent up desires and frustrations of the player base as they compare the "beta" with their various, individual expectations built up over the last year.

So yes, I thought his comments inappropriate. One should never yell at volunteers.


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However, obviously you took offense at the "dolt" comment.  I can see why.



I can't wait to hear your witty explanation here.

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« Reply #42 on: October 19, 2003, 07:23:38 PM »
He didn't call all his customers dolts.  Perhaps his wording was too subtle for your intellect.
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« Reply #43 on: October 19, 2003, 07:36:20 PM »
"Why would a CEO of a software company call all of his customer dolts and idiots for not properly following directions during testing he was getting from these paying customers FOR FREE?"

I know he wasn't addressing me ... those who are the "dolts" are the only ones that would be offended ... IMHO.
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« Reply #44 on: October 19, 2003, 08:07:49 PM »
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Please quit trolling - or I'll just KEEP owning you in the MA :)
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